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Leroy was the concubine's son — the one the family never truly accepted. Banished to the graveyard, he became the apprentice of Madam Gibson, the Grave Keeper. At the Martial Arts Tournament, Leroy's brilliance finally blazed forth, only to draw the ire of Fairy Ember, Elder of the Ebonveil Sect. When despair swallowed all hope, Madam Gibson revealed a power that shook the heavens.With a single sweep of her hand, she silenced the crowd, her sword aimed at the sky: "In all this world, who dares to harm my disciple?" And so began a battle that would span the Three Realms—a clash of fate, pride, and divine power.

Born into a rural family that favored sons, Diane Quinlan fell in love at 18 with educated youth Ethan Lister and followed him to the city with their daughter. His family despised her background and made her life miserable, even falsely accusing her daughter of theft. Finally breaking free with her daughter, Diane meets Nelson Zeller, a disabled veteran. When the Lister family continues harassing them, Nelson steps up to protect them both. With his support, Diane educates herself, leverages her tailoring talents, and establishes a clothing factory. Under her devoted care, Nelson’s legs gradually recover. From abandoned wife to independent factory owner, Diane rewrites her destiny, finding love and partnership with Nelson along the way.

Six years ago, after Elena was pushed into the sea, she was saved by the Dragon King, Yale, had a one-night stand with him, and gave birth to a pair of twins. One of the twins, Tina, was raised by Elena, and the other one, Minnie, was taken away by Yale. Six years later, Elena started to look for Tina's father to treat Tina's disease. After all the misunderstandings due to Tina and Minnie's identical looks, Yale and Elena finally uncovered the truth and confessed their love to each other...

Nova was separated from her mother as a child and has been searching for years. Now a wealthy tycoon, she returns home, where her bullied mother suffers. Will her arrival transform her mother’s fate?

A modern obstetrician, Loren Saul, is accidentally transported into an imperial dynasty. After his sister-in-law refuses to offer her unborn child as a "medicine" for Lady Sofia, the two are sentenced to death. When a royal notice promises pardon and promotion to anyone who can restore the concubine's milk supply, Loren seizes the chance and enters the palace using his modern medical knowledge. Inside the palace, his extraordinary skills save the Lord General's son, cure Lady Sofia, and even perform a daring C-section to save Princess Natalie of Zephyria. Rising from a condemned prisoner to Director of the Wetnurse Guild and a trusted imperial physician,Loren navigates deadly palace politics while using modern medicine and sharp wit to change his fate and build his legend.

Faye discovers that her fiancé is having an affair with the wife of secret billionaire Arvin Sterling, so she takes revenge on him by getting intimate with Arvin. However, it turns out to be Arvin’s scheme to lure Faye in his seduction game......

When Dora Quinn, the Goddess of Fortune, descends to the mortal realm, she crosses paths with the ambitious but struggling Adrian West.Using her divine powers, Dora helps Adrian navigate a career crisis and repeatedly thwarts the schemes of the ruthless Leo West.Along the way, Dora braved the Underworld to save Adrian's grandfather and used her own body heat to cure his mysterious chill.As they face challenge after challenge together, romance blossoms. In the end, love triumphs, proving that fortune truly favors the bold.

Rumors in the martial world suggest that gaining the favor and assistance of the esteemed and aloof Young Lord of Ferrell International guarantees a swift rise to power. One day, errand boy Simon Carr barges into the boardroom of the Nexus Group under the pretext of needing to deliver an urgent order, effortlessly resolving a corporate crisis with a few words... Thirty years ago, Ms. Wood told me, "If anyone dares to look down on you, you must smash their face, step on their shoulders, and tell them that I, Simon Carr, am born extraordinary and destined to be supreme in this lifetime!

Mike, the CEO of Dragon Group, transmigrated as a high school student, Felix. After being framed by his mean foster brother,Tim,and mistreated by his parents, Felix cut ties with the Yates Family. His former subordinates found him, and learned about his new identity. But Felix decided to study hard and get into college. At school, Felix showed his power and taught the school bully, Jason, a lesson. With the back-up of Dragon Group,Jason's parents asked Felix to pay the price.Meanwhile,Mike's subordinates came right at the time…

Tyson Calhoun transmigrated as a despised F-level Serpent. After activating a Devouring System, he evolved from Serpent to Dragon, overcame the apocalypse alongside humanity, and ultimately, devoured gods.

One moment he is a newly summoned baby fire dragon, expecting the sweet life of a contracted beast. The next, the girl who summoned him rips out his dragon core to feed a bear and kicks him into the trash. Alfie Lane survives, barely, clinging to the last thread of his life at the bottom of a garbage heap until the school beauty finds him and offers a contract.He takes it. The evolution system activates, the ancient bloodline stirs, and what started as the most humiliated creature in the beast taming world begins its climb. He devours, he grows, he evolves, and by the time he is standing in his divine dragon form the people who threw him away can only stare in disbelief. That was the F-rank trash dragon they discarded.Yes. That was him.

In a world of beast tamers, Ethan Black once awakened the rare Ink Beast—only to have it stolen by his family, who then used him as a living sacrifice, draining his essence blood. Reborn with the Apex Genesis system, he refuses to repeat his fate. He sells the traitorous beast for a fortune and buys a dying phoenix instead. Guided by the system, Ethan rises from ruin, step by step climbing to the peak of beast taming and rewriting his destiny.

In a world of universal class changes, the world-ending evil god descends on Blue Star, threatening to enslave all life. Humanity gains the ability to change classes into various professions to fight back. Dragon Tamer, once the strongest profession, became worthless after dragons went extinct on Blue Star.Andy Sanford becomes a Dragon Tamer and obtains the Divine Dragon System, allowing him to summon ancient true dragons—creatures of unimaginable power. The so-called “dragons” in this world are merely lesser drakes, degraded beasts with only a fraction of true dragon bloodline.

While they slice me apart, I desperately call my brother, Nathan Slade. He finally picks up as my consciousness starts to slip and answers in an annoyed voice, "What now?" "Nathan, help—" I don't get to finish before he cuts me off. "Can't you ever go a day without drama? Gemma's graduation is at the end of the month. Miss it, and I swear I'll kill you!" Then, he hangs up without a second thought. The agonizing pain swallows me whole, and my eyes close for good, tears still trailing down my cheeks. Well, good news, Nathan… You won't have to kill me because I'm already dead.

Tyson Calhoun transmigrated as a despised Serpent. After activating a Devouring System, he evolved from Serpent to Dragon, overcame the apocalypse alongside humanity, and ultimately, devoured gods.

With her family facing bankruptcy, her father tragically ending his own life, and her mother suffering from severe illness, Amy Cole finds herself with no option but to accept money from Will Ford's mother and leave Will. Several years later, Will's mother looks for her again, asking her to return to Will's side. It turns out that after Amy breaks up with him, Will has been fooling around outside and has no direction in his life. He keeps changing his girlfriends every now and then. On top of that, he even wants to marry a scandalous celebrity. Hearing that, Amy knows that her chance has come. What's wrong with pursuing the man she loves all over again? However, unbeknownst to her, all of this is part of Will's trap.

Deliveryman Colton Ward is accidentally knocked over by Winnie Sable, CEO of Sable Corp, and awakens a mysterious countdown ability that reveals everyone's remaining lifespan. He prevents a deadly fate for her,outsmarts his rivals, amasses wealth through treasure appraisal and jade gambling, and plunges into a world of power, fortune, and romance.

Sue went missing in her childhood but was later brought back by her biological parents to the Spears family, where she was bullied to death by the family's adopted daughter, Ruby. After being reborn, Sue used her memories from her past life to accumulate wealth by buying property and gold, winning a competition with her original songs, and successfully creating a short video platform. Subsequently, she fought back against the Spears family's malicious targeting, exposing Ruby's schemes, and severed ties with the Spears family, leaving them filled with regret.